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  Burma: In Opting for Poll Boycott, Suu Kyi’s Party Goes for Broke (OneWorld.net)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 10:43am PDT

  OneWorld.net - BANGKOK, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) - If Burma's military regime goes ahead with its promised general election this year, some 27.2 million voters will be deprived of the chance to cast a ballot for the political party that has come to symbolise democratic hope in that oppressed nation.
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  Bangladesh lifts ban on extrajudicial killing exhibition (AFP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:57am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Bangladesh has lifted a ban on a photo exhibition on extrajudicial killings linked to security forces following protests from local and international rights groups, an official said.

  
  
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  US Navy plane crashes in Arabian Sea (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:56am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A U.S. Navy aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Wednesday and one of the four crew members is still missing, the military said in a statement.

  
  
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  Int'l court to probe Kenya's election violence (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:45am PDT

  AP - International judges said Wednesday the frenzy of killing and violence that erupted after Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential elections may amount to crimes against humanity and authorized the court's prosecutor to investigate.
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  US test-fires Trident missile in drill with Saudis (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:41am PDT

  AP - A Western military official says the United States has test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads during a joint military exercise with Saudi Arabia.
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  European bishops urge victims to go to the police (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:28am PDT

  AP - European bishops are urging clerical sex abuse victims to go to police and are promising more transparency and cooperation with civil authorities in abuse cases.
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  Swiss say legal immunity protects Pakistani leader (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:18am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Swiss authorities said Wednesday they could not reopen a money-laundering case against the Pakistani president as long as he enjoys legal immunity, a welcome answer for the Islamabad government after the Supreme Court forced it to request the case be resumed.

  
  
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  Correction: Cheetah sighting story (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 8:11am PDT

  AP - In a March 17 story about the first sightings of cheetahs in Angola in over three decades, The Associated Press misidentified cheetah specialist Laurie Marker as a male scientist. Marker is a female scientist.
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  Granny fined £1,000 for selling goldfish to a child (AFP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:59am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - A British grandmother was heavily fined and electronically tagged for selling a goldfish to a child, triggering criticism Wednesday of over-zealous use of animal protection laws.

  
  
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  Zimbabwe's Roy Bennett hit with new charges (AFP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:52am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Authorities in Zimbabwe on Wednesday slapped Roy Bennett, a top aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, with charges of breaching grain laws as the verdict in his treason trial was postponed.

  
  
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  Fugitive Thaksin continues global wanderings (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:47am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - From Dubai to Sweden and now Russia: It's been a busy travel week for Thailand's fugitive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra.

  
  
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  E.U. Members Sell Weapons with Torture Potential (Time.com)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:45am PDT

  Time.com - Thumbscrews, electroshock cuffs and spiked batons -- all are beingexported by European businesses in violation of a 2006 law, a human-rightswatchdog says
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  Chavez Turns to Defamation Law to Stem Venezuela Dissent (Time.com)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:45am PDT

  Time.com - Has the Venezuelan President miscalculated by using a less than savory law against an otherwise unadmirable opponent?
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  Brazil trial in US nun killing delayed (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:37am PDT

  AP - A Brazilian court has delayed the trial of a rancher accused of ordering the murder of U.S. nun and Amazon defender Dorothy Stang.
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  Study suggests toads can detect coming earthquakes (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:27am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Scientists may have a new ally in the struggle to predict deadly earthquakes — bufo bufo, the common toad.

  
  
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  Bicycle bomb kills 13 in southern Afghanistan (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:17am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A bomb concealed on a bicycle killed 13 people Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, as the Pentagon's top military officer said NATO forces hope to reverse the Taliban's momentum in the south with an upcoming offensive in Kandahar.

  
  
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  New suicide blasts kill 12 in southern Russia (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 5:07am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Two suicide bombers targeted authorities in southern Russia on Wednesday, killing 12 people, including nine police officers. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the blasts may have been organized by the same militants who attacked the Moscow subway.

  
  
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  Google: Online attacks aimed at Vietnam critics (AP)

  Posted: March 31st, 2010, 3:54am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Google Inc. says it has found another case of cyberattacks being used to suppress political dissent, this time to silence opponents of a Vietnamese mining project that involves a state-run Chinese company.

  
  
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  UK 'Climategate' inquiry largely clears scientists (AP)

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 11:59pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The first of several British investigations into the e-mails leaked from one of the world's leading climate research centers has largely vindicated the scientists involved.

  
  
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  Israel Recognising Obama Means Business (OneWorld.net)

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 5:01pm PDT

  OneWorld.net - JERUSALEM, Mar 30 (IPS) - Against all expectations, it's becoming the forerunner of a peace plan. Indeed, it might in the end even surprise the world as Israelis and Palestinians are forced into a peace. Even if, for now, it's shaping up as anything but peaceful.
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  Iraqi artist who opposed Saddam now fights 'terrorist' label (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 3:27pm PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A federal judge is forcing the Department of Homeland Security to process the permanent-residency request of an Iraqi artist despite the U.S. government's claims that he could be considered a terrorist under post-Sept. 11 laws.
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  Iraqi PM fights to hold power, risks sectarian war (AP)

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:42pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's postelection strategy suggests he is prepared for a long and bitter fight to hold on to power, even if it alienates the country's Sunni community and risks new sectarian warfare.

  
  
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  G8 increases pressure on Iran over nuclear program (Reuters)

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 2:28pm PDT

  Reuters - The world's leading industrial nations called on Tuesday for stronger action against Iran over its nuclear program and the United States said it was confident China would agree on the need for sanctions.
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  Mining titan BHP in landmark iron ore pricing move (AFP)

  Posted: March 30th, 2010, 6:55am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Global mining giant BHP Billiton Tuesday said it would now sell iron ore to most Asian steel mills on a short-term basis, scrapping an annual pricing model that provoked acute tensions with China.

  
  
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  Beyond Haiti relief, UN looks at building outside Port-au-Prince (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 1:30pm PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - When the international community comes together Wednesday to pledge money to help Haiti relief efforts, high on the agenda will be immediate needs, such as a push to get people into adequate housing as the rainy season nears.
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  Geneva atom smasher set for record collisions (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 8:25am PDT

  AP - The world's largest atom smasher is ready to start a new era of science by colliding beams of protons to learn more about the makeup of the universe and its smallest particles.
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  Thai PM offers to dissolve parliament by year end (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 8:20am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Thailand's prime minister offered Monday to dissolve parliament by the end of the year, but protesters demanding he step down did not immediately accept the compromise, which could have helped resolve the country's political crisis.

  
  
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  Nigeria forces on alert after text message threats (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:52am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Nigerian police and immigration services are on high alert after officials said Monday they received text messages threatening new religious violence by a radical Islamic sect.

  
  
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  On Passover, Israel concerned over world standing (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:51am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Nearly one out of every two Israelis thinks the country's international standing is poor following Israel's most serious crisis with the United States in decades, according to a poll published Monday on the eve of the Passover holiday.

  
  
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  Double suicide bombings kill 38 on Moscow subway (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:44am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations jam-packed with rush-hour passengers, killing at least 38 people and wounding more than 60, officials said. They blamed the carnage on rebels from the Caucasus region.

  
  
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  South Sudan arrests, beats 7 opposition members: SPLM-DC (Reuters)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:32am PDT

  Reuters - South Sudanese authorities arrested and beat seven members of the only party running a candidate against the region's president in April, a senior party member said on Monday.
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  Special Relationship? Why Britain's Affair With the U.S. Is Over (Time.com)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:20am PDT

  Time.com - A new report by British MPs says London should stop overplaying its ties with America
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  Obama-Karzai Visit: Truce Talks with Warlord, Taliban (Time.com)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:20am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] Time.com - A truce offer by Afghan rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar raises suspicions that Pakistan is looking to end the Afghanistan war on its own terms

  
  
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  Prominent Iraq politicians fail to win seats (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:16am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Several prominent Iraqi politicians — long considered untouchable — failed to win seats in the country's March 7 election, according to lists published Monday, reflecting voter dissatisfaction with the country's political class.

  
  
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  China mining company causes unrest in Niger (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 7:01am PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - The sun-wizened Tuareg women of Azalik have declared war on China. Like their ancestors, they once eked out a living selling dried salts from an ancestral well. Everything changed last year, when the government leased their land to the China Nuclear International Uranium Corporation (Sino-U) for uranium exploration. Left with no livelihood and no compensation, a hundred women gathered to launch stones at mining machinery.
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  Door to afterlife from ancient Egyptian tomb found (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 6:24am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak temple in Luxor, the Egyptian antiquities authority said Monday.

  
  
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  Myanmar opposition party to boycott elections (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 4:57am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The party of Myanmar's detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi decided Monday to boycott the military-ruled country's first election in two decades after the Nobel laureate blasted new electoral rules as "undemocratic."

  
  
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  US concerned by Australian Internet filter plan (AP)

  Posted: March 29th, 2010, 4:02am PDT

  AP - The United States has raised concerns with Australia about the impact of a proposed Internet filter that would place restrictions on Web content, an official said Monday.
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  Chavez foe barred from talking to media about case (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 9:07pm PDT

  AP - Venezuela's highest court on Sunday barred an outspoken opponent of President Hugo Chavez from talking to news media about criminal charges alleging he struck a police official.
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  On surprise Kabul visit, Obama presses Karzai on corruption (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 4:11pm PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan - President Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan Sunday as he sought to steel American forces for a tough summer fight and deliver a political jolt to Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he weighs potential peace talks with the Taliban.
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  G8 foreign ministers to focus on Iran sanctions (Reuters)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 8:31am PDT

  Reuters - Canada will press the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to tighten United Nations sanctions on Iran when it hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from the grouping on Monday and Tuesday.
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  Armed gang raids Swiss casino (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 5:00am PDT

  AP - An armed gang of masked men raided a casino packed with about 600 guests early Sunday and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Swiss prosecutors.
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  At least 152 trapped in flooded China coal mine (AFP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 4:50am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - At least 152 workers were trapped when a vast coal mine being built in northern China flooded on Sunday, in the latest accident to hit the country's notoriously dangerous mining industry.

  
  
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  152 trapped in coal mine flood in northern China (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 4:47am PDT

  AP - An official says at least 152 people are trapped after a coal mine flood in northern China.
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  Libya lifts visa ban on 25 European nations (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 4:37am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Libya has lifted a visa ban on travelers from 25 European nations after the resolution of a diplomatic row that began with Switzerland.

  
  
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  Missing lawyer says he is living in northern China (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 4:31am PDT

  AP - A dissident Chinese lawyer who was missing for more than a year said Sunday he is now living in northern China and wants only to spend time with his family away from media attention.
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  Philippine troops capture key Abu Sayyaf camp (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:55am PDT

  AP - Philippine troops, backed by artillery and helicopter fire, have captured a key jungle camp of the Abu Sayyaf extremist group and may have killed several militants during a two-day assault, military officials said Sunday.
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  Pope opens solemn Holy Week amid sex abuse crisis (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:54am PDT

  AP - Pope Benedict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most serious crises facing the church in decades, with questions about his handling of cases of pedophile priests and the Vatican acknowledging its "moral credibility" was on the line.
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  Netanyahu tries to play down tensions with US (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:52am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Israel's leader tried to play down tensions with the U.S. on Sunday after a rocky meeting at the White House last week, saying that relations with Washington remain solid.

  
  
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  Live on TV: Thai PM vs. anti-government protesters (AP)

  Posted: March 28th, 2010, 3:35am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva held direct talks Sunday with leaders of anti-government protests to defuse deepening tensions, agreeing to their demand that the meeting be broadcast live on national television.

  
  
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  New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape (Time.com)

  Posted: March 27th, 2010, 11:15pm PDT

  Time.com - Italians are increasingly turning to the Internet to challenge thetraditional media outlets long dominated by Prime Minister SilvioBerlusconi's government
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  Pakistan's Chief Justice Takes on its Political Class (Time.com)

  Posted: March 27th, 2010, 11:15pm PDT

  Time.com - Iftikhar Chaudhry is making life difficult for Pakistan's political leaders in a battle whose outcome could have have profound implications for the country's fledgling democracy
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  Venezuela congress lifts ex-Chavez ally's immunity (AP)

  Posted: March 27th, 2010, 9:33pm PDT

  AP - Venezuela's National Assembly, dominated by allies of President Hugo Chavez, has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of an opposition lawmaker who is accused of striking a police official.
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  Maliki's forces detain, investigate winning Sunni candidates (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: March 27th, 2010, 2:54pm PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq_At least four Sunni Muslim candidates who appear to have won parliamentary seats on the winning ticket of secular leader Ayad Allawi have become targets of investigation by security forces reporting to the narrowly defeated Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, according to interviews Saturday with relatives, Iraqi security forces and the U.S. military.
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  Panning for gold, Mumbai streetsweepers watch for all that glitters (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:05pm PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - Walk beyond Mumbai’s Zaveri bazaar, the gold hub of India’s wealthiest city (formerly known as Bombay), and you might catch street sweepers panning for gold amid the sewage pipes in front of goldsmiths’ homes.
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  India: Bhopal Legacy Haunts Nuclear Liability Bill (OneWorld.net)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 10:23am PDT

  OneWorld.net - NEW DELHI, Mar 26 2010 (IPS) - The U.S.-based multinational Union Carbide got away lightly after causing the world's worst industrial tragedy at Bhopal, but that legacy has come to haunt U.S. corporations seeking to tap India's newly opened market for nuclear power equipment.
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  Australia Aboriginal youths 28 times more likely to end up in jail (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 5:37am PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - The death of several Australian Aborigines who have died in prison or police custody around the country recently has underscored the disproportionately high percentage of Aborigines among the country’s incarcerated – a result in part of overcrowded housing and low education rates that go hand in hand with violence and petty crime. But discrimination is also to blame, say critics.
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  England's Catholic leader defends pope (AFP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 4:37am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - The leader of Catholics in England and Wales denied Friday a church cover-up of child abuse scandals, and insisted the pope was taking strong action to tackle it.

  
  
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  China says stock futures trading to begin April 16 (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 4:15am PDT

  AP - China will launch trading of stock futures on April 16, regulators said Friday, in a move that could help boost stock prices and increase the role of China's securities markets in financing economic development.
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  Could Hong Kong teach China to quit smoking? (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 4:06am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes — commonly given as gifts — are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it's an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys to quitting lie in the country's own backyard.

  
  
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  Iraq to release full results from March 7 vote (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 3:36am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Iraq's electoral commission insisted it will announce full election results as scheduled Friday, despite calls for a delay amid fears of violence over the tight race.

  
  
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  Israel to continue building in east Jerusalem (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 3:35am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Israel says it will continue building in east Jerusalem despite pressure from the U.S. to end construction in areas the Palestinians claim for their future state.

  
  
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  Is it Too Late to Share Jerusalem? (Time.com)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 3:35am PDT

  Time.com - As Netanyahu and Obama tussle over Israeli construction, many in the Holy City fear that Israeli control has extended beyond the point where the city can be shared between two states
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  Mugabe: No gay rights in Zimbabwe (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 3:29am PDT

  AP - Zimbabwe's president says gay rights will not be protected in a constitution being drawn up under a power-sharing deal.
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  Eurozone agrees on bailout plan for Greece (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 2:23am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised a hard-won deal to rescue heavily indebted Greece from its financial woes, insisting Friday that it will steady the wobbly euro and showed that Europe could cope with the crisis despite having asked the International Monetary Fund to join in on a bailout package.

  
  
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  Thailand's 'Red Shirts' plan new Bangkok rally (AFP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:09am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Thailand's red-shirted protesters, loyal to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, said they would hold a parade Saturday that would eclipse last week's street events that drew 65,000 people.

  
  
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  Aussie conservatives urge British expats to defeat Brown (AFP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:03am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AFP - Australia's centre-right Liberal party is rallying its members to bring in expat votes for Britain's Conservatives at the coming election, calling for an end to Gordon Brown's "tired" government.

  
  
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  NKorea vows 'nuclear strikes' in latest threat (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - North Korea's military warned South Korea and the United States on Friday of "unprecedented nuclear strikes" as it expressed anger over a report the two countries plan to prepare for possible instability in the totalitarian country, a scenario it dismissed as a "pipe dream."

  
  
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  Pakistan: 5 soldiers, 21 alleged militants killed (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Taliban fighters attacked a security checkpoint close to the Afghan border, sparking clashes that killed five soldiers and 21 insurgents in a region that has seen heavy fighting in recent days, the army said Friday.

  
  
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  Sex abuse scandal in US, Italy taints papacy (AP)

  Posted: March 26th, 2010, 12:00am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Revelations that the Vatican halted the investigation of a Wisconsin priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys have eerie echoes in Italy, where 67 deaf men and women accused two dozen priests of raping and molesting children for years.

  
  
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  Anti-Chavez TV channel owner arrested in Venezuela (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:41pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The owner of a Venezuelan TV channel that takes a hard line against President Hugo Chavez has been arrested for remarks authorities deemed offensive, sending a powerful signal to government opponents that they should watch their words.

  
  
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  France: Sarkozy Drops Unpopular Carbon-Emissions Tax (Time.com)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:35pm PDT

  Time.com - After his party's disastrous result in regional elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy drops his carbon tax, a policy hated by conservative voters and legislators alike
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  Pope, Wisconsin Deaf Abuse Victims: Vatican Slams Report (Time.com)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:35pm PDT

  Time.com - The Vatican has gone into overdrive to stanch the damage from the Milwaukee sex-abuse allegations that have drawn in Pope Benedict XVI
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  Mexico arrests 'King of Heroin,' with ties to US (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 10:44pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Federal police have arrested Mexico's "King of Heroin," a powerful drug trafficker allegedly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year, authorities said Thursday.

  
  
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  Mexico sets plan to crack down on antibiotic sales (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 9:53pm PDT

  AP - Mexican authorities say they will start cracking down on the sale of antibiotics without a prescription, something that is common in Mexico.
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  Bin Laden threatens US over alleged 9/11 plotter (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 8:37pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Osama bin Laden threatened in a new message released Thursday to kill any Americans al-Qaida captures if the U.S. executes the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks or other al-Qaida suspects.

  
  
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  Struggling Ontario delays balanced budget goal (Reuters)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 3:37pm PDT

  Reuters - Ontario's government said on Thursday it would run budget deficits most of this decade and plans to increase spending on infrastructure, healthcare and education to help offset the recent recession's impact on its export-oriented economy.
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  Mexico bristles as some U.S. states relax marijuana laws (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 3:15pm PDT

  McClatchy Newspapers - MEXICO CITY — As more U.S. states permit medical marijuana, and California considers legalizing cannabis sales to adults, Mexico is voicing irritation at the gap between drug laws north and south of the border and saying it undercuts the battle against Mexico's violent drug cartels.
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  South Korea pushes to recycle nuclear power plant fuel (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 3:00pm PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - Through thick glass windows beneath 20 feet of water lurk canisters containing spent nuclear fuel rods, stored after having powered one of the four reactors at this nuclear energy site on South Korea's east coast, 100 miles southeast of Seoul.
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  Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 1:22pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari briefly walked out Thursday of an Arab League ministerial meeting held in Libya to protest against Moammar Gadhafi's declared support for Saddam Hussein loyalists, delegates said.

  
  
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  Egyptian steel barrier tests Gazan mettle (OneWorld.net)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:09pm PDT

  OneWorld.net - GAZA CITY, 25 March 2010 (IRIN) - Egypt's imminent completion of an above-and-below-ground steel barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip is putting Gazans on edge: How will they survive without the huge trade conducted via underground tunnels?
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  German consumer confidence holds steady in April (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 4:19am PDT

  AP - The GfK research group says its forward looking consumer confidence survey is unchanged for April.
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  Pakistan holds 2 suspects in British boy abduction (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 4:17am PDT

  AP - Pakistan has detained two suspects in the kidnapping of a now-released British boy that has drawn investigators from four countries, police said Thursday.
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  West pressure not to affect Iran's nuclear program (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 4:16am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says efforts by the West to halt Iran's nuclear program will not bear fruit.

  
  
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  Germany: Greek bailout only as last resort (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 4:16am PDT

  AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is insisting that any European bailout for Greece be only a last resort and must involve the International Monetary Fund, rebuffing calls from EU officials and other euro nations to come up with a definite rescue plan at a Thursday summit of EU leaders.
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  Google Inc's deals in doubt amid spat with Beijing (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 3:57am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Google Inc.'s business ties in China unraveled a little more amid a widening backlash to the U.S. Internet company's decision to move its Chinese search engine offshore in a challenge to the country's online censorship laws.

  
  
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  Navy frees 6 Somalis seized after pirate shooting (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 3:44am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The EU Naval Force says it has freed six Somalis seized after their companion was shot dead by a private security contractor during an alleged attempt to hijack a ship off the East African coast.

  
  
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  UN head in Afghanistan meets with militant group (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 3:40am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The top U.N. official in Afghanistan has met with a delegation from a Taliban-linked militant group that has extended a peace offer to the Afghan government.

  
  
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  Slim margin separates Iraq's top election blocs (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 3:37am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - The leading blocs in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election are separated by a slim margin of one or two seats, the head of the country's election commission said Thursday, one day ahead of the release of the final vote tallies.

  
  
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  China's New Requirement for Women in Space: Married with Children (Time.com)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 2:55am PDT

  Time.com - China's first two female reserve astronauts, selected earlier this month from a pool of fifteen women fighter pilots, were required to be wives and mothers. Why?
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  Netanyahu Heads Home, Still at Odds with U.S. (Time.com)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 2:55am PDT

  Time.com - Far from resolving the crisis in relations that began during Biden's visit, the Israeli Prime Minister's trip to Washington has highlighted the differences between the two sides
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  Police in Australia investigated for racist e-mail (AP)

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 12:40am PDT

  AP - About 100 Australian police are being investigated for circulating racist and pornographic e-mails via the internal police e-mail system, and one officer involved in the scandal has committed suicide, a top official said Thursday.
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  Colombia election poll favors 2 allies of Uribe (AP)

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 9:18pm PDT

  AP - Two allies of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe lead an opinion poll ahead of the May presidential election.
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  Obama seeks $2.8 billion for earthquake-ravaged Haiti (McClatchy Newspapers)

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 5:13pm PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $2.8 billion in aid for earthquake-wracked Haiti, jump-starting a global push to raise billions of dollars for the country's reconstruction.

  
  
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  Libya releases 214 Islamic militants (AP)

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 2:26pm PDT

  AP - Libya has released 214 Islamic militants, including senior members of a group accused of plotting to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi, after they renounced violence.
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  Saudi Arabia announces arrest of 110 Al Qaeda suspects (The Christian Science Monitor)

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 1:31pm PDT

  The Christian Science Monitor - Saudi Arabia said it has detained more than 110 suspected militants sponsored by Al Qaeda’s branch in neighboring Yemen, including a dozen men allegedly plotting suicide attacks on the Kingdom’s oil installations.
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  Uganda: "Side dishes" Campaign Gets People Talking (OneWorld.net)

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 10:12am PDT

  OneWorld.net - KAMPALA/NAIROBI, 24 March 2010 (PlusNews) - A national campaign to encourage sexual fidelity in Uganda has achieved something few recent campaigns have ever done - got the country talking.
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  Canadians fret about rising mortgage rates, prices (Reuters)

  Posted: March 24th, 2010, 8:15am PDT

  Reuters - More Canadians are looking to enter the housing market ahead of higher interest rates and home prices that are expected to arrive later this year, two surveys showed on Wednesday.
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  UN rejects Tanzania request for one-off ivory sale (AP)

  Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 3:12am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - A proposal by Tanzania to weaken the 21-year ban on ivory sales was rejected by a U.N. conservation meeting over fears the African country has been failing to crack down on rising incidents of poaching.

  
  
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  Gunmen kill 2 local officials in Baghdad (AP)

  Posted: March 22nd, 2010, 3:11am PDT

  ">[news.yahoo.com] AP - Iraqi police and hospital officials say gunmen riding a motorcycle shot dead two municipal officials in Baghdad.